BANDS THAT UTILIZE HARSH NOISE ELEMENTS?

[nofuneral]

Any recommendations for bands that fuse noise into a more "musical" context?

Keen to find things outside of metal / hardcore that do this as well.

some notable ones for me, including my own:

basque - Pain Without Hope Of Healing
Karloff - Karloff
Negative Sun - MENTICIDE
Obroa-Skai - Science Progresses One Funeral at a Time
Portrayal of Guilt / Street Sects - split
Full Of Hell - Rudiments of Mutilation
clipping. - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
Violent Magic Orchestra - Death Rave
Malevich - Our Hollow

[prolapsedlielack]

The Locust, Knoll and Dragged Into Sunlight are by far the best (imo) that utilize it. DIS especially so.

[Balor/SS1535]

Boris had a full noise set-up as part of the band when I saw their last US tour.

[BatteredStatesofEuphoria]

Esplendor Geometrico
Winterkälte
Converter
Sonar (the first couple releases)

[Zeno Marx]

Esplendor Geometrico
Winterkälte
Converter
Sonar (the first couple releases)

That would be my list as well.  Early Ant-Zen and Hands (label) is where you want to look.  Imminent Starvation and Iszoloscope are a couple others.  There's A LOT to explore with these two labels.  But depending on how strict you are, you could even check out things like Muslimgauze - Iran and his 1988-1994 era.

[Moran]

Ride for Revenge.

[Cranial Blast]

Ride for Revenge.

Indeed! One of the best examples of this sort of crossover that comes to mind and an even more specific example of this would be the RFR/RXAXPXE split to showcase that notion even clearer.

[HateSermon]

Try Boy Harsher if you're looking for something outside of metal. Earlier works especially. Darkwave with some added harshness.

[k.p.g]

The Body have the best track record with this, in my opinion.  Christs, Redeemers is a record where they worked heavily with Scott from Work/Death to great success.

[Cranial Blast]

Try Boy Harsher if you're looking for something outside of metal. Earlier works especially. Darkwave with some added harshness.

Boy Harsher is great minimal synthwave/darkwave stuff. Definitely agree with you about the earlier material. The first album Yr Body Is Nothing is great and has very dystopian atmosphere to it.

[Moran]

Ride for Revenge.

Indeed! One of the best examples of this sort of crossover that comes to mind and an even more specific example of this would be the RFR/RXAXPXE split to showcase that notion even clearer.

Yes. Gnaw Their Tongues is another example of this.

Anne Gillis combines noise and musique concrète with "minimal" synth music well.